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”ANY THING GOING ON TO-NIGHT?” VAN CLEEF ASKED THE POLICESERGEANT. (_Page 44._)]
UNDER ORDERS
THE STORY OF A YOUNG REPORTER
BY
KIRK MUNROE
AUTHOR OF “THE FLAMINGO FEATHER,” “DERRICK STERLING,” “DORYMATES,” “CAMPMATES,” ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK LONDON 27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD ST. 27 KING WILLIAM ST., STRAND The Knickerbocker Press 1890
COPYRIGHTED, 1890 BY KIRK MUNROE
The Knickerbocker Press, New York Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound by G. P. Putnam’s Sons
TO JOHN BOGART
FOR MANY YEARS CITY EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK “SUN”
who, more than any other, helped me to obtain a literary foothold, whose honesty of purpose, strict sense of justice, and unswerving fidelity to duty uplifted him as an example of the ideal city editor, the dedication of this story of newspaper life is offered as a tribute of gratitude and affection by